By HoneyColony Staff

According to a study published in the January 2013 edition of the International Journal of Obesity, choosing what time to eat may be a very important factor when it comes to dropping pounds.

The study, which was covered in-depth by Alexandra Sifferlin at Time, was conducted by researchers at Tufts University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the University of Murcia in Spain, who monitored more than 400 overweight participants were split evenly in early-eaters and later-eaters.

Later-eaters, it turns out, had a substantially harder time dropping weight, even when other factors like caloric intake, exercise, and sleep patterns were similar across both groups.

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